THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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good nursery practice is ex¬ 
emplified in the extraor¬ 
dinary growth which has 
occurred. In the beginning, 
the firm’s business was en¬ 
tirely local. At the present 
time it is extremely cosmo¬ 
politan. The entire United 
States is covered in the 
shipments of stock, and 
many foreign consignments 
are. made. 
This growth is well illus¬ 
trated by giving an exhibit 
of the rapidly increasing 
acreage since 1886 when 
the nursery area comprised 
50 acres. In 1890 it was 
enlarged to 120 acres, in 
1893 to 207, in 1897 to 
417 and in 1900 to 513 
acres. 
FIRST QUALITY STOCK. 
The constant purpose of 
the proprietor of the Andor¬ 
ra Nurseries is to produce a high grade product. Ornamental 
trees and shrubs of fine form with strong frames and well 
balanced development are sought. To this end the strictly 
hardy park and door yard decorative material is so cultivated 
as to allow it to develop normally and vigorously. There is 
a brisk demand at the present t'me for fine specimens and 
shrubs as well as trees are planted, so that each may grow 
without crowding the other. This means plenty of space, 
and where land is high priced it means added expense. 
SYSTEM IN THE HANDLING OF STOCK. 
Expensive stock must be handled with all the care, ex- 
t 
perience and ingenuity can devise. The work of lifting, 
packing, handling and transporting of this high grade ma¬ 
terial has been wonderfully systemized at Andorra, and for 
celerity coupled with careful manipulation it would be dif- 
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Norway Maples grown 6 by 4 feet apart; such stock are fine trees for 
lawn or park planting. 
Showing the Andorra system of wide planting of specimen trees in 8 feet rows; 
Scarlet Thorn on left, Red Oaks on right. 
